ME News, November 6 (UTC+8) — Iran is reviewing a series of specific proposals on nuclear issues put forward by mediators, according to people familiar with the matter, signaling progress in Qatar-led diplomatic efforts between the United States and Iran. Over the past week, Qatar has held two rounds of talks in Tehran, hosted a third round in Doha, and engaged with Iranian officials in Armenia. U.S. Vice President Vance has also actively pushed for negotiations. Both sides are reviewing the latest proposals in an effort to bridge their differences. Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has publicly said that Iran will not negotiate on nuclear issues until the United States meets its conditions. But people familiar with the matter say he has privately shown greater openness to discussing the nuclear issue. Iran’s main demands include the release of frozen assets, the lifting of oil sanctions, and an end to the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports. The main disagreement over the nuclear issue concerns what to do with Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium: Trump has demanded that Iran hand it over, while Iran has refused to ship enriched uranium out of the country. They had previously discussed diluting it inside Iran under the supervision of international nuclear inspectors. Meanwhile, the U.S. and Israeli militaries have drawn up a list of targets in Iran, including energy and other critical economic facilities. Iran has warned that if it is attacked again, it will broaden the scope of its retaliation. Iranian leaders have also discussed withdrawing from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Gulf states fear that a renewed conflict could hurt their economies. Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the president of the United Arab Emirates, has called for the crisis to be resolved through diplomacy. (Source: ME)